Events › Meet the Maker-in-Residence, Nicole

HWLC's summer Maker-in-Residence, Nicole Low, is a multifaceted artist and maker who's many areas of proficiency and creativity range from woodworking and welding to animation and musicianship. While serving as the Maker-in-Residence, Nicole aims to extend to the community opportunities for learning new skills and creating art as a tool communication and connection with the people around you.

Nicole's projects and workshops during the residency will focus largely on woodworking - an area of expertise Nicole uses in their professional career as a creator for the Goodman Theater Props Department - plus a dash of animation and CAD.

Stop by Floor 3 at HWLC on Monday evenings in June through July 7 to meet Nicole and talk about any of their numerous skills, find out what it's like to be a prop designer for a world-renowned theater, and get a glimpse of what Nicole is planning for upcoming Maker-in-Residency workshops: wood bending; wood sculpture; and animation.

Bent Laminations by Nicole Lowe

Photos provided by Nicole Lowe

The Maker-in-Residence program is funded by Exelon, Peoples Gas, and other generous donors to the Chicago Public Library Foundation.